Seeking information on E.C. Adams
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The UDTeams performed very hazardous tasks in the waters of the invasion beaches many days BEFORE an invasion. they would map approach gradiants, water depths at different tides, locate obsticles & prepare them for demolition just prior to the landing & recon enemy beach defences.

 

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UDT - 3 "SEABEE DEMOLITION TEAM" Welcoming in the Marines at Guam. Look at the date on the sign. 7-14-44. The invasion of Guam started on 7-21-44 ! They were there seven days before the invasion.

 

As far as the uniforms, for invasions and operations, the Seabees always wore the same battle dress as the marines which caused a lot of the problems we encounter now in researching the Seabees. To the combat correspondents & reporters they were indistinctable from the marines and identified as marines in films and photos. Even Orders of Battle and After Action Reports would list them as Marine Battalions.

 

NAVY SEABEES IN MARINE CORP UNIFORMS



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Seeking information on E.C. Adams - by Sue Henry - 02-06-2011, 08:35 PM
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